Visiting Hours
Monday to Sunday
10am to 7pm
If you reach a stage in life where you need extra day-to-day help,
we’re here to help you.
Living at Fergusson Rest Home is a perfect option when you require a little more help on a daily basis. We’re proud to offer high-quality residential aged care.
Residents are part of our Fergusson Home family and we ensure that their individual values, needs and wishes are respected and they feel cared for.
Our experienced, friendly staff provide our residents with 24/7 nursing care, tailored activity programmes and fresh, home-cooked meals.
Friendly Faces and
a Family Atmosphere
Our experienced team is here to assist you with all your daily needs: including getting you ready for the day, cooking all your meals and helping you do the things you love. It means you and your family/whanau can be assured that you’ll be well supported every day.
Our bright, clean, and comfortable single or double rooms are all in the main building, which is set amongst well-maintained gardens for you to enjoy.
Our small community allows our staff to develop a real personal connection with you and care for you like family.
Personalised Nursing Care
High-quality healthcare is really important as we get older, but there is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to providing aged care. That’s why personalised nursing care is central to everything that we do here at our rest home.
On arrival at Fergusson Home, your health and needs are assessed and then any required care is planned. During this process, our experienced nurses and healthcare assistants get to know you personally: working with you and your family/whanau to develop a care plan that is unique to you.
These plans include your likes and dislikes across a number of areas, your medical history and risk of falls, your family/whanau relationships, your culture, and your spiritual beliefs. These are regularly reassessed to ensure a consistently high level of care.
Keeping Active
Doing things that we enjoy every day is vital to our wellbeing. So we have designated activities staff to run an activities programme to help make each day more interesting.
Visitors
Visitors are always welcome to stop by or stay for a meal. We have no restriction on visiting hours, but our nurses are busy early in the mornings and in the evening. So we do ask family /whanau and friends to visit between 10am and 7pm.
Home-Cooked Meals
Our staff create nutritious meals and morning and afternoon tea in our own kitchens.
We ensure our meals balance taste and nutrition. And it’s no problem for us to cater for specific dietary needs.
We want you to feel at home. So here’s some more information to help you make the right decision.
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The district health board (Lakes DHB) sets our fees each year. Some people pay the full amount privately, but your family may qualify to have this fee partly or entirely covered.
A financial means assessment done by Work & Income (WINZ) determines if you are eligible for a subsidy. Please contact WINZ directly about this.
Note: Premium rooms do incur a surcharge, which is not covered by government funding.
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We are committed to providing a safe and secure place for our Residents outside the Rest Home too, by ensuring:
• Security patrols are carried out between the hours of 9pm and 7am.
• Surfaces within the village wherever possible are non-slip and designed to give residents safe access to all areas.
• Outside lighting within the village grounds is checked regularly and repairs carried out within 1 working day, if found to be faulty.
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Regular visitors include a podiatrist, a library bus, a hairdresser and a physiotherapist as well as entertainers and cultural and school groups.
Our in-house GP visits weekly too and is also on call for emergencies.
Looking for shorter-term care?
Getting Started with Residential Care
When you can no longer manage in your own home, and you want to move into a rest home, the process starts with an assessment from the Needs Assessment Service Co-ordination (NASC).
Like what you see?
Come and discover what we have to offer.
Book a time to meet our lovely staff and see our facilities by calling or emailing us.